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Page 12 ? October 29, 1984 Sports THE GAMECOCK Gamecocks go i By Tracy Mixton Big plays are a part of football and are becoming USC's trademark this season, as evident in Saturday's win over East Carolina. The undefeated and nationally-ranked Gamecocks downed the Pirates 42-20 before an over-capacity Williams-Brice fllll^ cS^flnBI 1 1^ - v :w . </? >'* ;IUP Out of the blocks (JSC's Raynard Brown breaks through a wall of East Carolina defer their seventh game, beating the Pirates 42-20. Volleyball team got in Carolina Classic By Joanne Korth unanswered pi USC's women's volleyball team won two FSU too 1 of three matches in the Carolina Classic _ Tournament this weekend. CAKULIIN; The Lady Gamecocks defeated North looked to ha Carolina State and Central Flordia in three Seminoles, bu games each, but lost to Florida State in five FSU the adva games. "I've alway Carolina opened tournament play at ?| emotior Solomon Blatt P.E. Center with a win over d? 'ts a diffe N.C. State 15-3, 15-9, 15-9. Different is Carolina's se< TP1II? T a rvm./ a t n el. Lj/\ if i u/\ivir^ut ns cieariy iu &<"?i dominated the f irst game, winning in less through a 6-6 than 15 minutes. mand. Nine i The second and third games were a bit which Carolir closer. N.C. State, playing without its star- Seminoles ting setter, regrouped as freshman setter fidence and Amy Gowan adjusted to play. Strong advantage, defense and an emotional edge gave Carolina 1? game the second two games 15-9 and 15-9, and the regrouped wel match in three straight. Fighting poin Lori Rowe led the Lady Gamecocks with have taken th 11 kills and Teri Montoya had eight for the match. TIED AT e Head Coach Bonnie Kenny was pleased close to Floric with her team's performance and looked to ?yl to a 13-1 QfttiirHoi/'c mini*Vi fli^nrosni7pH i w^uwti v*uj o iiiuiviivj vr mi v>v-uii ai i iui iua auu "" " Metro Conference opponent, Flordia State. With FSU Carolina was CAROLINA NEEDED only three games The Lady Gai to defeat UCF 15-7, 15-4, 15-8. The Lady lost in game Gamecocks didn't play as emotionally as dominated tl against N.C. State in a match in which they leading 7-2 a' really did not have to, said assistant Coach willing to rol Mary Lee Ladue. tie the score ; Lori Rowe led the team in hitting percen- The Lady C tage with a .500 performance, Margo Vernier the second h< hit .466 with 9 kills, and Teri Montoya turn- their emotion ed in a .440 average from 11 kills and no Carolina cj prrrtrc from fheir u/i Carolina went into Saturday night's match The biggest le with Florida State knowing it would be the lead, from wf toughest of the tournament. The Lady 8-7 lead. Gamecocks fell to top Metro seed FSU in the fifth of five games 7-15, 15-6, 15-9, 11-15, THE TEA1 16-14. until FSU op The first game clearly belonged to 13-11 and thci Carolina. The Lady Gamecocks scored seven 1-0 with 42-20 v Stadium crowd and seven post-season bowl representatives. Pirate head coach Ed Emory praised his opponent after the game, calling USC a "great team." "IF THEY continue to play like this all year, they will go a long way," he said. "If you take away some of their big plays E090MMSSffi?9 fi3 fffWftnPy ^ flt |^K**? V M?||| Photo by Joe flicker iders and heads toward open field Saturday. The Gamecocks won s mat tourney * ^|?j oints to take an 11-2 lead that f|| 'dr behind to come back. Iiiugv. ill gciiui-a iwu ailU llll tC. jjS s said this team played with a 1," Kenny said, "and when we rent ball game." definitely the word to describe "> :ond game performance com e one. The two teams stayed I-SIJ took full com tail y jjan ui raine lour, t one time. The Seminoles, un- ' fjj|i I over for USC, fought back to liamecocks took a slight edge in ilf of the game to win 15-11 at agflflb al peak of the evening. / -...::^ uried every bit of enthusiasm ' ^ MS see-sawed back and forth >ened up a two point lead at Bump it n moved to double-match point USC Volleyball player Margo Verr S#6 "Ktnny," page 14 Gamecocks defeated the Wolfpack vin over (during the game), we would have be big plays are a part of the game too The Gamecocks' first break came sion, when cornerback Chris Mi quarterback Darrell Speed's pass on The play set up the first score of dash by Gamecock running back F longest rush of the year. Ten minutes later ECU evened th play, a 64-yard pass from Speed to I THE PIRATES almost took the 1< punted on the next possession. ECU' ed the ball and ran for an apparent But the play was called back when out of bounds at the 22-yard line. "1 really don't think that he stepp< referees were very good out there, a call," Emory said. "He saw that wa; tpr nnolp than I rliH "That was the big difference ? we big plays while they made them all c THE CALL didn't stop the Pirates ECU's Jeff Heath kicked a field goal 10-7. "When they got that three point 1 vous," USC running back Quintoi believe in each other and we knew play." That's exactly what the Gamecoc score, scoring 13 unanswered points the arm and leadership of reserve qi Hold has come off the bench the lead the Gamecocks to victory, and ii reputation for the big play. USC HEAD coach Joe Morrison starter Allen Mitchell because the te; with "a little stronger arm." "They were shutting down our i came in and threw the ball to get thin Hold entered the game and prom bomb pattened play, an 18-seconc receiver Ira Hillary for the score aiu "You could sav we didn't hold 1 came into the ball game, made the t play well the rest of the afternoon." .. $^j(i ; W Hp v B1& ?-.v . -." Vs ' Sk Mm* w lier returns a ball during Friday night's mai : in three straight games. ECU ;en even. Bui then again, on ECU's initial possesajor intercepted Pirate the two-yard line, the ball game, a 74-yard Cent Hagood for USC's e score with its own big flanker Ricky Nichols. ;ad when the Gamecocks s Henry Williams returntouchdown. ~rr:i . J sji * iv.ian i uicu nt sitppcu :d out of bounds, but the nd 1 can't argue with the /, so I guess he had a bet just couldn't pull off the lay." momentum, however, as to put East Carolina up, cad, we were a little ner11 Lewis said. "But, we we had to come out and :ks did following ECU's in the second quarter on larterback Mike Hold. past five games to help i the process has earned a said he sent Hold in for mi needed a quarterback 'mining game, but Mike gs going for us," he said. nt l\/ fnr mr>r\ Kic lr\n n_ ^Vl I V/l IIIVW 11 .J IVH15I, 71-yard pass to wide J a four-point lead, lold," Emory said. "He ?ig play and continued to See "Gamecocks," page 14 ' * >&* ' _ ' > V - ' 'iv ^ ^ ; ; ... . Photo by Ray Gronberg tch against N.C. 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